The Latest from The Leighton Smith Podcast https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/ NZME The Leighton Smith Podcast is out each Wednesday. Click Here to listen on iHeart  Click Here to listen on Apple Podcasts Click Here for the RSS Feed to 2024-03-29T12:54:49.375Z en Leighton Smith Podcast #232 - March 27th 2024 - Roger L Simon https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-232-march-27th-2024-roger-l-simon/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-232-march-27th-2024-roger-l-simon/ Roger L Simon is a writer of books, both fiction and non-fiction. He was the founding CEO of PJ Media, but he is also a screenwriter of standing, a political commentator and columnist with the Epoch Times. We talked about his column, “What it Means That We are Not Reading Books”, but it became a wide ranging discussion. We have commentary on Natan Sharansky and the murder of Alexei Navalny, and Covid: what we should never forget. And finally, The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2024-03-27T00:58:49.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast #231 - March 20th 2024 - Gary Judd KC https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-231-march-20th-2024-gary-judd-kc/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-231-march-20th-2024-gary-judd-kc/ The Jim Allan commentary on the NZ Supreme Court’s Smith v Fonterra decision (Podcast 229) encouraged considerable reaction from the 'court of the pen’. Foremost was correspondence from Gary Judd KC, who not only communicated to us but published a corresponding article in The Law Association’s LawNews. Gary Judd expands on his views in podcast 231. Even a legal novice will find interest in it. Elsewhere we have commentary on “saving the planet”, and the New York Democrat endorsing Trump. And we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2024-03-20T02:08:11.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast #230 - March 13th 2024 - George Friedman https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-230-march-13th-2024-george-friedman/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-230-march-13th-2024-george-friedman/ George Friedman, founder and chairman of Geopolitical Futures, is in the studio with us this week. And there’s plenty to discuss; wars and rumours of more wars. Possible peace in Ukraine, Star Wars, politics and crises, and the part New Zealand has to play. Also, George’s book “The Storm before the Calm” which predicted the 2020’s would be turmoil for America. Are his predictions on target? And a new analysis of the death of John F Kennedy which, if correct, indicates collusion amongst America’s Agencies. We have mail from a former MP, and much more in The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2024-03-13T00:54:29.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast #229 - March 6th 2024 - Professor James Allan https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-229-march-6th-2024-professor-james-allan/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-229-march-6th-2024-professor-james-allan/ The legal fraternity in this part of the world is delighted at the Supreme Court’s decision on Smith v Fonterra. But not everyone feels that way. In his inevitable style, Professor James Allan critiques the decision and the direction a collection of un-elected ex-lawyers are “usurping power to themselves at the expense of the elected branches of government”. As a specialist in constitutional law, Jim is in his element. We also spend words on SCOTUS and Trump. An important and essential commentary. Plus we visit the Mailroom with Mrs. Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2024-03-06T01:52:59.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast #228 - February 28th 2024 - Jonathan Roth https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-228-february-28th-2024-jonathan-roth/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-228-february-28th-2024-jonathan-roth/ Canadian Jonathan Roth, founder of Resource Wars, recently recorded an interview with the former Mossad Chief Efraim Halevy. He did not get the answers he was expecting. Roth maintains that "progress and wealth are impossible without resources. All empires rise and fall based upon access to resources. He provides perspectives on investing, global politics, technology and the future. We critique NZTA’s plans to restrict citizen's rights to free movement, while simultaneously hitting us in the pocket. And we visit The Mailroom, with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2024-02-28T00:39:30.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast #227 - February 21st 2024 - Aaron Day https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-227-february-21st-2024-aaron-day/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-227-february-21st-2024-aaron-day/ Bitcoin trail blazed the interest and development of digital money. As a result, the drive for a cashless society with fiat currency being replaced with CBDCs is being pursued by an increasing number of countries. Currently, that count is a worrying 130. The ultimate goal is a one world currency. We discuss all of this with Aaron Day, author of “The Final Countdown, the People’s Last Stand Against Tyranny by Central Bank Digital Currencies”. We comment on Grant Robertson and his new home at the University of Otago, and how higher education wrecks freedom. And we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2024-02-20T23:45:48.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast #226 - February 14th 2024 - Tom Sheahen https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-226-february-14th-2024-tom-sheahen/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-226-february-14th-2024-tom-sheahen/ If, like me, you love venturing into unknown territory and investigating challenges that are essentially beyond us, then here’s a question..As we know, time goes forward, but can it go back?Physicist Tom Sheahen explains how to expand human thinking and step up to a higher plane of understanding.It is a challenging but most interesting interview.You may not agree with all he says, but, in the words of Albert Einstein, “I want to know God’s thoughts, the rest are details”.We ruminate over free speech and the Christchurch Call and democracy as our saviour.And we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2024-02-14T00:22:46.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast #225 - February 7th 2024 - Winston Peters https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-225-february-7th-2024-winston-peters/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-225-february-7th-2024-winston-peters/ After six years of being mismanaged on so many fronts, New Zealand requires firm direction. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, opens up on our relationship with the U.S., the Middle East, China and Russia. We discuss the Covid inquiry, the WHO, the state of the world and New Zealand’s place in it. And we visit the first (very full) Mailroom of the year with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2024-02-06T23:39:14.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast #224 - December 13th 2023 - Jerusalem https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-224-december-13th-2023-jerusalem/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-224-december-13th-2023-jerusalem/ The events in Israel on October 7 shocked the world. The differing reactions from various countries, cultures, races and religions should have shocked just as much. The lack of historical knowledge and perspective exposed the thin veneer of civilisation. The similarities and differences of AD 70 to 2023 indicate that while some things change, human nature doesn’t. Via the writing of Josephus, Simon Sebag Montefiore and Douglas Murray, we can improve perspective. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2023-12-12T23:00:36.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast #223 - December 6th 2023 - Daniel Hannan https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-223-december-6th-2023-daniel-hannan/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-223-december-6th-2023-daniel-hannan/ Daniel Hannan sat as a Conservative MEP for 21 years. During that period he made countless speeches, usually berating the European Parliament itself. He was arguably one of the best members of the European Parliament. Daniel was keen to discuss matters Covid, the new government in NZ, and the Israeli crisis. And we finish up in The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2023-12-05T22:31:49.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast - Best Of: Jacob Howland - January 31st 2024 https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-best-of-jacob-howland-january-31st-2024/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-best-of-jacob-howland-january-31st-2024/ Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2023. Three NZ academics have recently written that NZ’s Tertiary Education Sector is in deep financial crisis, and that our universities are losing their best people. At the same time a new private institution, the University of Austin, Texas, is prepping for its opening. We speak with Jacob Howland, Director of the Intellectual Foundation Program from the university, on how ideology has poisoned the West. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2024-01-30T23:00:49.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast - Best Of: Ramesh Thakur - January 24th 2024 https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-best-of-ramesh-thakur-january-24th-2024/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-best-of-ramesh-thakur-january-24th-2024/ Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2023. Ramesh Thakur, Emeritus Professor of the Crawford School of Public Policy. He has held academic appointments in Fiji, New Zealand (Otago), Canada and Australia. He has also worked at the U.N. We traverse COVID, the U.S. 2024 election, the W.H.O., climate, and the assault on liberties, freedoms and human rights. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2024-01-23T23:00:17.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast - Best Of: James Allan - January 17th 2024 https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-best-of-james-allan-january-17th-2024/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-best-of-james-allan-january-17th-2024/ Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2023. Professor James Allan returns to discuss our election, Jordan Peterson, The Voice, and Trumps legal challenges. Jim encourages any so-called conservative parties to “fight the culture wars”. Has any party in New Zealand got the required courage? Is there “weaponised collusion” between The White House and the DOJ? And what are the top universities and law schools teaching? It’s a broad and energetic conversation. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2024-01-16T23:00:51.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast - Best Of: David Bell - January 10th 2024 https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-best-of-david-bell-january-10th-2024/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-best-of-david-bell-january-10th-2024/ Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2023. In a world of lies, scepticism is your friend.David Bell is a Public Health Physician and biotech consultant in global health.What he has to say should be heard by every thinking person in this country, and every other “free” state on the planet.As the World Health Organisation meets to convince countries to endorse changes to it’s original purpose, Dr Bell warns that “the WHO has changed and now it is a threat”. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2024-01-09T23:00:05.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast - Best Of: Stephen Jennings - January 3rd 2024 https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-best-of-stephen-jennings-january-3rd-2024/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-best-of-stephen-jennings-january-3rd-2024/ Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2023. Stephen Jennings is a Kiwi expat. His first job after university was with Treasury in 1984, a noted time of economic and political change. Jennings life has centred around change ever since. Working in Australia and NZ, followed by London and in 1992, Moscow until 2013. Now he’s building cities in Africa. His critique of New Zealand’s ongoing malaise needs to be heard. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2024-01-02T23:00:31.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast - Best Of: John Staddon - December 27th 2023 https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-best-of-john-staddon-december-27th-2023/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-best-of-john-staddon-december-27th-2023/ Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2023. Science is in trouble.Facts have taken a back seat to ideology, and political activism masquerades as scholarship. We live in an age of increasing unreason. Can science be saved?John Staddon, Professor of Biology and Psychology and “battle-scarred” by decades of experience, urges scientists to resist the demands for their unconditional surrender. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2023-12-26T23:00:18.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast - Best Of: Michael Walsh - December 20th 2023 https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-best-of-michael-walsh-december-20th-2023/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-best-of-michael-walsh-december-20th-2023/ Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2023. AGAINST THE GREAT RESET; 18 THESES CONTRA THE NEW WORLD ORDER… In one of the most informative and enjoyable interviews, we talk with editor and contributor Michael Walsh. He and sixteen eminent writers contributed a total of eighteen chapters on the World Economic Forum. Each author wrote on a different aspect; for example, the socialist history of woke capitalism, big tech and government censorship, and the WEF’s ideas for a fourth industrial revolution with China's commitment to being a leader of a post western world. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2023-12-19T23:00:04.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast #222 - November 29th 2023 - Tom Harrington https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-222-november-29th-2023-tom-harrington/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-222-november-29th-2023-tom-harrington/ 'The Treason of the Experts’, by Thomas Harrington, underscores the need to apply intellectual discernment on all pressing questions in a case-by-case manner.Tom suggests that having more educational credentials is no guarantee against the danger of believing in stories that seriously distort our understanding of empirical facts.We visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer, and we conclude with post-election commentary from “a former National MP" File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2023-11-29T02:34:50.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast #221 - November 22nd 2023 - Nick Cater https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-221-november-22nd-2023-nick-cater/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-221-november-22nd-2023-nick-cater/ The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) is the brainchild of Dr Jordan Peterson. It had its inaugural conference in London at the end of October. There were 1500 attendees from over 100 countries; including the author of “Unsettled”, Professor Steve Kooning, Viveck Ramaswamy, Michael Shellenberger, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and so many more. Nick Cater was also there, and explains the purpose and ambition of the ARC. We comment on what appears to be the rapid advance of Central Banks Digital Currencies and what might globalists have in store for us. And we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2023-11-22T02:54:06.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast #220 - November 15th 2023 - Wayne Brown https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-220-november-15th-2023-wayne-brown/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-220-november-15th-2023-wayne-brown/ It’s not just national government that should concern us. Local government should concern us too. Auckland has spent an inordinate amount of time and money trying to become a world class city. But still, Auckland's problems seem to grow. From a growing debt issue to expanding bureaucracy and rebellious councillors. Who’s in charge? Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown opens up on Podcast 220. We reference a new NZ authored book on Climate, and we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2023-11-15T02:29:37.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast #219 - November 8th 2023 - Steven Joyce and Lord Jonathan Sumption https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-219-november-8th-2023-steven-joyce-and-lord-jonathan-sumption/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-219-november-8th-2023-steven-joyce-and-lord-jonathan-sumption/ Three weeks post election, and we are still no nearer to knowing what the final make up of the government will be. We speak with Steven Joyce, in what we thought might be a half hour chat. But even after his barking dog was edited from the interview, we still had fifty minutes of discussion on the incompetence that saw Labour outed, and the rectification that is now sorely needed. We tackle the second segment of Lord Jonathan Sumption; in actual fact, the part that we find the most interesting. This week, The Mailroom takes a break, but will be back next week. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2023-11-08T01:37:55.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast #218 - November 1st 2023 - Lord Jonathan Sumption and Patrick Basham https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-218-november-1st-2023-lord-jonathan-sumption-and-patrick-basham/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-218-november-1st-2023-lord-jonathan-sumption-and-patrick-basham/ In July this year we spoke with Jonathan Sumption, and we catch up with him again during his trip to New Zealand. In the interim there has been a lot of change that is worthy of his opinion - the Hamas attack, Israel’s response, and the associated reactions provide a hornet’s nest of issues. We communicate with Patrick Basham in Riyadh, attending the Future Investment Initiative, also known as “Davos of the Desert”. The consensus of the 6000 attendees is that the FII serves the planet far better than Davos in the Alps. So it’s a lengthy podcast with Sumption up first and Patrick at around the 30 minute mark And, of course, we finish with The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. And we make a visit to The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2023-10-31T23:51:37.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast #217 - October 25th 2023 - Jacob Howland https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-217-october-25th-2023-jacob-howland/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-217-october-25th-2023-jacob-howland/ Three NZ academics have recently written that NZ’s Tertiary Education Sector is in deep financial crisis, and that our universities are losing their best people. At the same time a new private institution, the University of Austin, Texas, is prepping for its opening. We speak with Jacob Howland, Director of the Intellectual Foundation Program from the university, on how ideology has poisoned the West. And we make a visit to The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2023-10-25T01:25:53.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast #216 - October 18th 2023 - Earl Rattray https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-216-october-18th-2023-earl-rattray/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-216-october-18th-2023-earl-rattray/ With the election over (apart from half a million votes still to be counted), we look at how the country can encourage a more positive approach to economic recovery. “Commerce beats politics, every time.” This quote comes from our guest, Earl Rattray, prominent businessman and lifetime participant in the dairy industry. We look at a different perspective on the Middle East, from Barry Brownstein “Why Civilisation is at Stake”. And we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2023-10-18T00:48:45.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast #215 - October 11th 2023 - Anthony Willy https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-215-october-11th-2023-anthony-willy/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-215-october-11th-2023-anthony-willy/ Is Democracy a failed idea? How badly has Ardernism damaged the country? We also discuss the failure of the judicial system with retired judge Anthony Willy, on the eve of the most important election of our lifetime. Words of warning from Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Israel and beyond, and The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2023-10-10T23:01:16.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast #214 - October 4th 2023 - Aseem Malhotra https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-214-october-4th-2023-aseem-malhotra/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-214-october-4th-2023-aseem-malhotra/ During September, London cardiologist Aseem Malhotra toured New Zealand giving talks on matters covid.Overseas, he has been tagged controversial (controversy has a place in science).We interviewed Malhotra, so you could have access to his opinions and decide for yourself.We share another submission from the former National Party MP and we make further comment on the upcoming election.And we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2023-10-03T23:12:42.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast #213 - September 27th 2023 - John Banks https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-213-september-27th-2023-john-banks/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-213-september-27th-2023-john-banks/ John Banks spent 21 years in Parliament. For many of those years, he held high profile ministerial portfolios. He was also a two term Mayor of Auckland. This week, he gives us his stark and honest account of NZ’s current position. He concludes that the election must provide “the change of direction the country so desperately needs”. If you agree you’ll enjoy the discussion. If you’re happy with the status quo, you’ll find out why you’ll change your mind. We comment on Jacinda Ardern and censorship, and Victor Davis Hanson on the “self-induced catastrophe of the U.S. southern border” And we take you to The Mailroom. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2023-09-26T23:40:54.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast #212 - September 20th 2023 - George Friedman https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-212-september-20th-2023-george-friedman/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-212-september-20th-2023-george-friedman/ I first met George Friedman in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1986. George was then a Professor at the War College. A few years later he established Stratfor.com and then in 2015, GeopoliticalFutures.com. He has authored a number of books and is now writing on the future of war in space. In this podcast, we delve into a plethora of geopolitical issues and crises, including Russia, China, the U.S. and Ukraine. We look at what might be gained or lost through this country’s declining armed services. And we ask whether defence should be an election issue? We reference the wisdom of George Orwell today's woke environment and we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2023-09-20T01:38:08.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast Episode 211 - September 13th 2023 https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-episode-211-september-13th-2023/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-episode-211-september-13th-2023/ On this week's podcast: Trust has declined at all levels at an increasing rate. Without trust we cannot operate at a successful level. With the election almost upon us, deciding who we can trust is a challenge for many. Oxford Associate Professor Thomas W. Simpson works on trust and issues at the intersection of technology and security. He is in NZ to give the 2023 Sir John Graham Lecture for the Maxim Institute, and we interviewed him a few hours after his arrival on Monday. We share an article George Freeman wrote on the 22nd Anniversary of 9/11, and we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2023-09-13T02:02:53.000Z Leighton Smith Podcast Episode 210 - September 6th 2023 https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-episode-210-september-6th-2023/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/the-leighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-episode-210-september-6th-2023/ On this week's podcast: In what many think is the most important election we’ve ever had, there are many issues to consider. Arguably, freedom is the most important. Without liberty, we are not the masters of our own lives. New Zealanders have experienced this over the last few years. Therefore party policies that could affect our free choice need thorough examination. We talk about what is at stake with Guy Hatchard. We have a few thoughts on Hipkins and co-governance, and some intelligence from Victor Davis Hanson. And, of course, we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here 2023-09-06T02:51:22.000Z